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The Columbus Dispatch: Latest news, information, and blogsCopyright 2012, The Dispatch Printing Company, reproduction prohibited. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2012, The Dispatch Printing Company, reproduction prohibited. All Rights Reserved.Petitioners beseech Congress to restore conservation fundshttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/08/02/petitioners-beseech-congress-to-restore-conservation-funds.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>The failure of Congress to make progress on a budget deal prompted 31 conservation groups last week to petition U.S. lawmakers “to get off ‘high center’ and do its job,” said Gene Gilliland, conservation director for B.A.S.S., one of the signatories.dave golowenskiSun, 02 Aug 2015 15:19:47 GMT3932a88e-38e7-11e5-9f7f-353ff38f384c2015-08-02T15:19:47ZOutdoor Datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/08/02/outdoor-datebook-8-2-art-gsm12qahi-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Today — Skeet and five-stand shoot at Big Walnut Conservation Club,Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:16:47 GMT157f19c8-38e7-11e5-9b5f-353ff38f384c2015-08-02T15:16:47ZKilling of lion fires up debatehttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/08/02/killing-of-lion-fires-up-debate.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Minnesota dentist Walter J. Palmer likely saw none of this coming when he paid a guide about $50,000 to arrange the killing of a lion with a crossbow in Zimbabwe early last month.dave golowenskiSun, 02 Aug 2015 11:51:59 GMT148f8995-38e7-11e5-9b5f-353ff38f384c2015-08-02T11:51:59ZAuthorities restrict big-game hunting in Zimbabwehttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2015/08/01/authorities-restrict-big-game-hunting.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-NATIONAL_WORLD","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-NATIONAL_WORLD"};]]>Zimbabwe has suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in an area where a popular lion was killed, and it is investigating the killing of another lion in April that might have been done illegally, the country’s wildlife authority said on Saturday.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 02:18:27 GMT69ac6131-38bc-11e5-9f7f-353ff38f384c2015-08-02T02:18:27ZNotebook: Chances to hunt waterfowl available during drawingshttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/26/chances-to-hunt-waterfowl-available-during-drawings.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Another sure sign that the hunt draws near is the announcement of lottery drawings for waterfowl-hunting spots at a variety of sites, including Buckeye Lake State Park and the Hebron State Fish Hatchery.dave golowenskiSun, 26 Jul 2015 14:41:20 GMTc6b80e9f-3366-11e5-9741-353ff38f384c2015-07-26T14:41:20ZNumber of hunters still fallinghttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/26/number-of-hunters-still-falling.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>It’s hardly news that hunting has a numbers problem. Some 553,000 Ohioans — 13 percent of the population ages 16 and older — identified themselves as being hunters the last time the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service asked, in a survey published in 2011.dave golowenskiSun, 26 Jul 2015 14:34:23 GMTca0230ce-3366-11e5-9741-353ff38f384c2015-07-26T14:34:23ZOutdoor Datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/26/outdoor-datebook0726-art-gc812negp-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Today — Skeet and five-stand shoot at Big Walnut Conservation Club, 12211 Hartford Road, Sunbury, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call Mark 614-212-0747 or visit www.bigwalnutcc.webs.comSun, 26 Jul 2015 14:31:23 GMTbf0e3c8f-3366-11e5-9f7f-353ff38f384c2015-07-26T14:31:23ZOutdoors notebook | Survey touts popularity of fishinghttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/19/survey-touts-popularity-of-fishing.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>About one in six Americans fished last year, making fishing the second-most popular outdoor activity, according to the recently released 2015 Special Report on Fishing from the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation.dave golowenskiSun, 19 Jul 2015 09:14:56 GMTb77bf3d4-2de6-11e5-8d89-353ff38f384c2015-07-19T09:14:56ZOutdoors datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/19/outdoors-datebook-19-art-ga912kef0-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Today— Trophy shoots at Apache Bowhunters, 7875 Lockbourne Rd. For information, call Jerry at 614-878-3507 or visit www.apachebowhunters.com.Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:10:43 GMTd4b83cb6-2de6-11e5-8d89-353ff38f384c2015-07-19T09:10:43ZOutdoors | Concerns abound for Lake Eriehttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/19/concerns-abound-for-lake-erie.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Few observers are brazen enough to proclaim that Lake Erie, given its documented troubles, is all it can be 15 years into the 21st century and some 12,000 years into its existence.dave golowenskiSun, 19 Jul 2015 09:00:56 GMTd124dc83-2de6-11e5-8d89-353ff38f384c2015-07-19T09:00:56ZState: Buckeye Lake dam project could be quicker, cheaperhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/16/Buckeye-Lake-dam-announcement.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-LOCAL","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-LOCAL"};]]>State officials announced the preferred design for a new dam at Buckeye Lake, a design that could save both time and money. “We could start on this fairly quickly, maybe this year yet,” said Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Jim Zehringer. “If we start this year, that could take a couple of years off of that original five-year project estimate.”buckeye lakeeric lyttlerandy ludlowFri, 17 Jul 2015 09:50:00 GMT5ecdcdae-2bbc-11e5-9464-353ff38f384c2015-07-17T09:50:00ZOutdoors notebook: Bountiful fall duck harvest expectedhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/12/bountiful-fall-duck-harvest-expected.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Depending on which way the wind blows, the fall forecast looks bountiful for duck hunters in Ohio and elsewhere. A record population of 49.5 million ducks will cross the continent as they move from prairie breeding grounds in the United States and Canada to winter digs in warmer climes.dave golowenskiSun, 12 Jul 2015 15:07:31 GMT19d6a235-2866-11e5-846e-353ff38f384c2015-07-12T15:07:31ZOutdoors: American chestnut on comeback trailhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/12/american-chestnut-on-comeback-trail.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>What is to be made of the solitary American chestnut tree growing for many decades along Ohio’s western Lake Erie shore that can be uncoupled from hope? Approaching perhaps 100 years in age, the 90-foot native chestnut spreading furtively and mostly unrecognized off the beaten path at much-visited Sheldon’s Marsh — a state-maintained, 465-acre wetlands preserve between Huron and Sandusky in Erie County — has done what billions of its kind did not do: It has survived a blight that transformed the Appalachian forests of North America.dave golowenskiSun, 12 Jul 2015 15:06:39 GMT318a71a0-2866-11e5-846e-353ff38f384c2015-07-12T15:06:39ZOutdoor Datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/05/outdoors-datebook0705-art-ge412ean5-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>July 19, Aug. 23 — Trophy shoots at Apache Bowhunters, 7875 Lockbourne Rd. For information, call Jerry at 614-878-3507.Sun, 05 Jul 2015 14:19:28 GMT4e98d773-22e6-11e5-9441-353ff38f384c2015-07-05T14:19:28ZOutdoors notebook: Study shows nature makes us feel betterhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/05/study-shows-nature-makes-us-feel-better.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Nature, as long as it lasts, is good for people, as long as they last. Further evidence of the emotional benefits of immersion in nature comes from a study conducted in the United States and Sweden. Findings were published last week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.dave golowenskiSun, 05 Jul 2015 14:17:57 GMT7c98a94e-22e6-11e5-9441-353ff38f384c2015-07-05T14:17:57ZOutdoors: Time to plan for deer huntinghttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/07/05/time-to-plan-for-deer-hunting.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Serious deer hunters never run out of things to do between campaigns, a time traditionally spent working on and improving equipment, honing skills, scouting and planning. With more and more private land off-limits to hunters and fewer deer residing on Ohio’s public lands, pursuers of whitetails have been finding the going a bit tougher filling a tag or two during the season.dave golowenskiSun, 05 Jul 2015 14:16:37 GMT4fa2f48a-22e6-11e5-9441-353ff38f384c2015-07-05T14:16:37ZCanada goose numbers concerning to stateshttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/28/canada-goose-numbers-concerning-to-states.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>WICHITA, Kan. — Old 1168-07910, as she’s now known, was not happy. She had come to a corner of Riverside Park, along the Little Arkansas River, at the promise of some corn, and within minutes was packed tightly in a mesh pen with about 80 of her kind. Human hands came from all directions. White goose down floated through the air like snowflakes as she and the others flapped their wings, kicked, hissed and honked in protest.Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:34:04 GMT6662d24e-1d66-11e5-bd4b-353ff38f384c2015-06-28T14:34:04ZOutdoor Datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/21/outdoor-datebook-21-art-g8b128270-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Saturday — Alum Creek State Park Kayak Class 2, from 9 a.m. to noon, taught by experienced and qualified instructors and assistants. $20 for members, $25 for non-members.Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:58:21 GMT812f79c3-17e5-11e5-976e-353ff38f384c2015-06-21T13:58:21ZOutdoors: Lake Michigan perch put on rare showhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/21/lake-michigan-perch-put-on-rare-show.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>The sun shined through a sapphire sky and glittered like diamonds off the water of the Milwaukee harbor. Combined with a mild southwest wind, the brightness bestowed a rare warmth and energy to the early April day. The positive vibe was bolstered by a precious resource from Lake Michigan.Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:56:00 GMT6ecac491-17e5-11e5-976e-353ff38f384c2015-06-21T13:56:00ZOutdoor Datebookhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/14/out-dates-0614-art-gj3124o89-1.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Today — Skeet and five-stand shoot at Big Walnut Conservation Club, 12211 Hartford Rd., Sunbury, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:09:00 GMT88aacd64-1265-11e5-9924-353ff38f384c2015-06-14T14:09:00ZOutdoors notebook: Seminar offers help for novice huntershttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/14/seminar-offers-help-for-novice-hunters.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Books, magazines, films and publications related to hunting generally are easy to find at any library, but hunting seminars aren’t all that common.dave golowenskiSun, 14 Jun 2015 14:06:25 GMT927ab3f9-1265-11e5-9924-353ff38f384c2015-06-14T14:06:25ZFishing for catfish, man lands Ohio-record wiperhttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/14/fishing-for-catfish-man-lands-ohio-record-wiper.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>A chunk of hooked shad intended to surprise a nibbling channel catfish one night last month in Deer Lake instead landed an astonished fisherman in the Ohio record book. What took the bait initially didn’t hint at much outside the ordinary, except maybe bigger, said bank fisherman Richard A. Knisley, 41, of Washington Court House.dave golowenskiSun, 14 Jun 2015 14:05:39 GMT56a83883-1265-11e5-9924-353ff38f384c2015-06-14T14:05:39ZFestival offers plenty for fans of paddlinghttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/07/festival-offers-plenty-for-fans-of-paddling.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Paddling enthusiasts will be showing off their wares and skills at Alum Creek State Park this afternoon.dave golowenskiSun, 07 Jun 2015 15:21:22 GMTe7b60d24-0ce5-11e5-bb82-353ff38f384c2015-06-07T15:21:22ZWith Father’s Day near, try these surefire gift ideashttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/06/07/with-fathers-day-near-try-these-surefire-gift-ideas.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>This is a reminder to outdoors folks and other types that Father’s Day arrives in 14 days. But no need to panic. Plenty of time. Congress first considered a bill proclaiming the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day way back in ’13. That was 1913. Nothing was the result for decades.dave golowenskiSun, 07 Jun 2015 15:20:13 GMTc2e59d13-0ce5-11e5-bb82-353ff38f384c2015-06-07T15:20:13ZOutdoors notebook | Clean Water Act ruling draws supporthttp://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/05/31/clean-water-act-ruling-draws-support.html
adcelannotate = {"mobilepaywallcategory" : "MOBILE_PREM-SPORTS","nativepaywallcategory" : "NATIVE_PREM-SPORTS"};]]>Yet another battle line was drawn in the political landscape last week. Though expected to trigger a legislative tussle in Congress, especially by Republican opponents, the rule announced last week by the Obama administration clarifying which U.S. waters earn protection under the Clean Water Act has plenty of public backing from organizations representing outdoors interests.dave golowenskiSun, 31 May 2015 10:24:50 GMT7ef0f4d5-0765-11e5-ad90-353ff38f384c2015-05-31T10:24:50Z